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Dave2015Hemi

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Can't find a low milage used one?
Only big dollar ones. Not into spending 30 to 50 grand. Was bad enough when I paid 47 in 2015 for mine. That was when we had no vehicle payment and now we have one Toyota payment of 600 a month but with a 16 year old kid on insurance it ends up a $1000 a month for that alone. With all the trouble of the new ones I'm not rich enough to be like some other posters who bought a new 2025 that is sitting in the dealers shop and they don't know how to fix it. Hoping the one an hour and a half away is good but they are going to send me pics tomorrow of the actual truck.
 

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Only big dollar ones. Not into spending 30 to 50 grand. Was bad enough when I paid 47 in 2015 for mine. That was when we had no vehicle payment and now we have one Toyota payment of 600 a month but with a 16 year old kid on insurance it ends up a $1000 a month for that alone. With all the trouble of the new ones I'm not rich enough to be like some other posters who bought a new 2025 that is sitting in the dealers shop and they don't know how to fix it. Hoping the one an hour and a half away is good but they are going to send me pics tomorrow of the actual truck.

Sorry, meant low miles replacement motor, not truck.
 

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Man, I wish! It’s not a road trip if we don’t stop at random freeway exits in the middle of nowhere or the sketchiest of Portland convenience stores because ‘she of little bladder’ needs to stop.
I can beat that, took my better half and her parents on a RV tour around the USA. NEVER ONCE did everyone go into a fueling station once we got there, no, they would wait till the gas was pumped, by me, AND wait until I would come out of the station(after using the facilities, buying something to drink) and THEN would decide they too would like a pitstop.

We traveled a little over 3000miles total and adding in stops our average coverage was.......27 MILES PER FREAKING HOUR.


NEVER AGAIN.

When I addressed the issue I was "Over-reacting..."
 

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Prior planning would be combining your pee stops, recharge stops, and lunch breaks all at the same time and place. Who'd of thought???? LOL-
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I hear you BUT, at least for us(my wife and I, two pitbulls) the drive is a huge part of the trip. We like to NOT feel like we are on a schedule/task list, we get that at work. Not everyone wants to plan a road trip down to the finest detail like a military operation/job, and with ICE you don't have to. Of course EV road tripping can be done with planning, but for some of us that's a road trip NOT WORTH HAVING.
 

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Not everyone wants to plan a road trip down to the finest detail like a military operation/job, and with ICE you don't have to. Of course EV road tripping can be done with planning, but for some of us that's a road trip NOT WORTH HAVING.
Precisely. With a typical gas/diesel vehicle you get in and drive. When you feel like stopping you stop.

I did a week-long trip from NC to New Hampshire and back two summers ago, driving two lane blacktop and seeing little towns was part of the adventure. I don't believe I was ever more than 15 minutes from a gas station no matter what road I was on. No planning required, no schedule to keep, just relax and enjoy the ride.
 

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Precisely. With a typical gas/diesel vehicle you get in and drive. When you feel like stopping you stop.

I did a week-long trip from NC to New Hampshire and back two summers ago, driving two lane blacktop and seeing little towns was part of the adventure. I don't believe I was ever more than 15 minutes from a gas station no matter what road I was on. No planning required, no schedule to keep, just relax and enjoy the ride.
TBF there are folks that LOVE to plan down to the smallest details. My Aunt and Uncle used to have itineraries on their yearly trips to Hawaii and Orlando Disney. Now they worked 7 days a week at the restaurant they owned so their vacations were the ONLY days off all year so I understand wanting to maximize every second, but days that are planned out to the hour are a little much for me. They would have zero issue with the EV planning side of a road trip.

TBF, again, I will be planning stops far more carefully when we are finally towing with our truck. Learned my lesson with the 40ft motorhome rental that many stations were not set up for anything longer that a single length vehicles. With a travel trailer in our future I would prefer to not have to be backing into and up and out of smaller crowded small gas stations. So planning is in our future.
 

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TBF there are folks that LOVE to plan down to the smallest details. My Aunt and Uncle used to have itineraries on their yearly trips to Hawaii and Orlando Disney. Now they worked 7 days a week at the restaurant they owned so their vacations were the ONLY days off all year so I understand wanting to maximize every second, but days that are planned out to the hour are a little much for me. They would have zero issue with the EV planning side of a road trip.

TBF, again, I will be planning stops far more carefully when we are finally towing with our truck. Learned my lesson with the 40ft motorhome rental that many stations were not set up for anything longer that a single length vehicles. With a travel trailer in our future I would prefer to not have to be backing into and up and out of smaller crowded small gas stations. So planning is in our future.

Big reason I will never bother with an RV again. So much lost in flexibility. Each to their own, and not everyone has to travel like I like to travel of course. I just enjoy the ability to be spontaneous, pull off anywhere to see anything that catches my eye, etc. etc. without worrying about will I fit/can I park/will someone steal my trailer/do I have to pack up all my stuff to drive my house around/etc
 

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Sorry, meant low miles replacement motor, not truck.
Ya the only low mileage engine I found was 55,000 miles for one and I got all excited even at $3500 but when I Google searched the VIN it showed a flood truck at auction in Tampa Florida and when I called the junkyard they said the engine wasn't even at their place. Big let down. Pretty much all the engines I find are between 150 and 225,000 miles and I wouldn't gamble with those not knowing history.
 

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Big reason I will never bother with an RV again. So much lost in flexibility. Each to their own, and not everyone has to travel like I like to travel of course. I just enjoy the ability to be spontaneous, pull off anywhere to see anything that catches my eye, etc. etc. without worrying about will I fit/can I park/will someone steal my trailer/do I have to pack up all my stuff to drive my house around/etc
Yeah I don't understand the camper/RV fad. My father-in-law has a big ol' 5th wheel... which sits in the driveway 10 months out of the year. Wife's aunt has a motor home... which sits in her driveway 10 months out of the year. If you aren't going out for weeks at a time there's no need for it. Skip the hassle and get a hotel room.
 

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freeway exits in the middle of nowhere or the sketchiest of Portland convenience stores because ‘she of little bladder’ needs to stop.

I got to pass a rest stop with her a few months ago. I will always treasure the experience :laughing1:

years ago when we had 1 2600 mile cross country drive (first leg; 7000 mile loop) twice a year, I would have everything but my computer loaded in the car, set alarm for 4AM, and chase them out of bed and into the bathroom, and then push them into the car still groggy.

I got a minimum of three, and often four, hours before they started coming around.

At that point, it was the usual drill with five female bladders . . .
 

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